Millard Lowe Poet Tanka

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A CAPITALISTIC PERSPECTIVE ON WAR

        (A TANKA QUINTET FLOW)

 

Bombs begetting bombs, 

War mongers are safe and sound;

Others being bombed:

The bombing of others reaps

Bloody power over them

 

No matter who dies,

Nuclear war bombing pays off;

Bombs begetting bombs:

Millions spent creating bombs;

Trillions reaped from their bombings:-

 

War is a business,

Nuclear bombs produced and sold;

Low cost drones offered:-

War is for power;

So is capitalism:-

 

Just do the homework:

Democracy is one thing;

Power control, another:-

Watch the news on war today:

It’s about finance; not life:-

 

Why not target peace?!:

What peace reaps is beyond cost,

And invaluable:-

We all share in peace’s reaping;

Not just the power mongers:-

 

A CAPITALISTIC PERSPECTIVE ON WAR: A TANKA QUINTET FLOW

Bombs begetting bombs, 
War mongers are safe and sound;
Others being bombed:
The bombing of others reaps
Bloody power over them

No matter who dies,
Nuclear war bombing pays off;
Bombs begetting bombs:
Millions spent creating bombs;
Trillions reaped from their bombings:-

War is a business,
Nuclear bombs produced and sold;
Low cost drones offered:-
War is for power;
So is capitalism:-

Just do the homework:
Democracy is one thing;
Power control, another:-
Watch the news on war today:
It’s about finance; not life:-

Why not target peace?!:
What peace reaps is beyond cost,
And invaluable:-
We all share in peace’s reaping;
Not just the power mongers:-

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